Call it the Valentine’s Day special. I’m not a huge sucker for the holiday because the reason of its beginnings is still in question. Money motivated, or in an optimistic view, created to bring people together to strengthen their understanding for each other. I would like to think option number two is the case, but it is probably not. We are going to run by some fundamentals of the growing process of love. Often mistaken, and rarely comprehended. Love has been tossed around like a beach ball and beat on like a pinata within the last few decades. We are going to get love back on topic in the purest and more genuine terms. I don’t like to point out the negative points, nor do I even like saying that negative word, so we will solely focus on the positive fundamentals of love in this blog. If you would like, Check out a previous blog of mine called “Harmonized Hearts,” which will simply blast your mind open for this one. At this point in time, go in the most romantic part of your home, light some candles, get a nice pillow to lay on, maybe a glass of wine, and fall into this blog. Yes, if you haven’t noticed, I am a romantic at heart.

 ”Do you want to know what love is?” In this day and age, I  would not be so sure that the general population really understands the basis of love. Regardless of what the majority mistakenly thinks, I am going to obviously share with you what I think it is. Love is Faith. Love is Believing. Love is Instilling. Love is Admiration. Love is Desired. Love is Adorable. I told you I would tell you what it is. Keeping it simple in terms of less information seems to be easier for people to understand in these times. Well, for those with a deeper passion for wisdom and understanding, I will expound throughout this blog for y’all. There is way more to love than words. We try to place words on the meaning of love because it fits the social standard. This was  more of a brief introduction to what I am going to be burying myself and the readers into. Go get some chocolates to, the mood could change the way you feel as your read.

“THE BEGINNINGS”

     The ability to sense love at its first taking is very rare. When  I say rare, I mean that it is so hard to catch at 
first appearance because so many of us are not programmed to know what brings out the love within us. It is the unfortunate, but true facts of life. The “take my breath away” circumstance happens to those who never expect it, which makes it so much more respectable and honorable. I do, in fact, hope that could happen to myself as well to fulfill my true romantic spirit. If that situation did not transpire it would be okay as well. Love starts when the heart begins to seek deeper into the structure of the significant other. When you meet someone for the first time, and develop a strong immediate connection, whether its verbally or via direct eye contact. Typically the person would have their minds racing after the departure, and would not be able to stop thinking about that person. Like me, I tend to think beyond what is beyond, until I can somewhat figure and had thought out several results and possibilities to a relationship. The need and burning desire to go back to that person as soon as possible is a definite sign of something special that could be in the makings. The beginning is the prime starting point where exploration is a key fundamental. Give it a shot, because you will know if it worth taking another step, but do not be harsh about it. A mindset of harshness will cloud your thinking and maybe interrupt the true feelings that lie within. What I mean by harshness, is if you get some sort of feeling, but it is never worked before, do not give up on the chance, because everyone is different no matter how many times people “they’re all the same.” Go ahead and explore, as you if it does not work out, it will accrue wisdom. P.s. exploration does not mean break the meaning of love and date everyone and anyone for the fun of it…there are a few words to describe that, but they are not welcome on this blog.

“What’s Next?”
     Dates, phone calls, text messages, facebook, twitter, and all of the above. Whichever the best line of communication is these days. I prefer a face to face conversation to begin to develop an emotional and heartfelt relationship because I believe the other person deserves your time, as well as you deserve their time if done in true spirit. So many people think well if they keep trying to contact me they are going to be an annoying bug just like all the other people. FALSE. Instead of ignoring each and every other attempt of a contact – confront the situation as it arises. Let the other person know so there is no time being wasted and respect can be shown to both parties involved…. I enjoy talking about the more romantic and sensual fundamentals about love and relationships, but it needs to be built up for some people. It’s always best for experience to be a helpful factor in the first couple stages of love, so a wise mindset can be established so they can take the previous experience and apply the beneficial qualities of it, to the formation of a new relationship. Although, I do not believe in the fact you have to be in a bunch of different relationships to know what love is, and it does not need practiced. You can’t practice love. Love is a feeling bestowed, not granted. The feeling is brought about by a natural well-being deeper than we can prescribe. Alright, this jazz is boring, so y’all can ask me later about the middle of the road stuff. Check out opportunities, and don’t push people away for stupid reasons. Sure, your time may be being taken up, but so is the other persons, so at least have respect for it. We are all people.

“Established Relationship” . . and then some

     The best part. I love referring back to the classic movies back through the 60’s to the early 1900’s. Have you ever watched an old one of those movies and seen the gentleman dressed in complete suits and the ladies in beautiful dresses? Did you notice on how genuine they are? The kindness and formal expressions that are made. They really do show what love is all about, in picture form. Love comes in many different ways, which is obviously in variation of the people involved. We can’t place people in the same position as others when it comes to relationships, because all situations differ. Personalities play a huge role in determining how to maintain and handle relationships. Love is not to be messed with by any means. You have to think long-term as well, because the long-term goals of a relationships will help you get through the short-term stumbles. In the essence of love, comes the admiration that flourishes a relationship into an undeniable truth and understanding of individual treatment given upon one another to express spiritual emotion from the heart. Discipline and responsibility play a good role as well. Working with one another to encourage better results should always be in effect. In a circumstance, where everything seems to be perfect, is probably not even a statistic. Having responsibility to make a relationship work better will lead to more discipline for both parties concerned. There are just so many factors at play for each individual relationship, that if one little things could of been changed, it could of completely changed the outcome of the relationship, or ended it earlier (I don’t like talking about the negatives ) The snowball effect, or the compound interest theory come in play. If something is wrong and it is not worked on immediately, it will continue to get worse and worse leading to the inevitable at that point. Granted, some are fixable, because they are all different. On the other hand,  if you were to reverse the process, and fix the situation to its new status quo, and then continue to build on it to the point where the relationship dramatically increases, and there is no separation of mind, body, etc. Intimacy satisfies desires. The more time spent with each other will obviously strengthen the intimacy in the relationship, which will satisfy the desires. The connection of the minds between each other and having that ability to think before the others thoughts even comes out ultimately shows something is definitely working. Mental stability is just as important as any other assets to a relationships. The ability  to control yourself and be tamed when things are “balls to the wall,” and also have the ability to take action when it is needed defines the nature of the relationship. By nature, I mean the way it is handled on a day-to-day basis, coping and adapting to each other, and being solution-oriented when things get shady. If you would like to know more about how the hearts shape each other, refer to my other post under “Harmonized Hearts,” because there is a lot of information on that as well. Ultimately, love itself will continue to unravel as time provokes the relationship. There are always new journeys that must be taken, and always something to work on to make the journey even better. Do your best not to stress the negative things in the relationship, and focus on the positive, so you at least have more to hold onto, rather than to let go of when you are working out the issues. Admire each other for what they are.

“Valentine’s Day Suggestions”

     These are just my suggestions, I am not throwing it down your throats. Do not get defensive, please. Take that elsewhere. Dinner and a movie? I suppose that’s fine if you are content with the relationship, even though everyone under the moon does that. I want to throw out other ideas that you can be specific and adapt to your own relationships.
1. Cook for them, even if you don’t know how. It would at least, bare minimum, be a fun and learning experience.  Obviously a lot of people already do so. Set the table as it properly should. Light them candles up baby.  Throw some rose petals all over the tables and bring that romance to life. Some nice classic music always sets the tone. I preferably like Tony Bennett and Dean Martin, as well as a few others. 

2. Do something wild and adventurous.  Go out and explore, and it is not even specific to “Valentine’s Day, because everyday should bring something new and exciting to a relationship. Do not make one day the reason you have to show more affection to a loved one. Ice skating? Double Dates always makes things interesting as well.

3.  Try not to be original in everything you do. If you have to take an extra 5 minutes to make something even better, it is only 5 minutes. Her/His time is plenty worth it. Do something you have never done before. That’s really all I am saying. 2 and 3 go hand in hand.

4. Repeat steps one through three

5. Make you fall in love with me. If ever I believe my work is done. Then I’ll start back at one. 

    Sorry, Brian McKnight was singing. 

6. Make sure it is as romantic as possible, even if you’re not into that whole thing. If you’re

     going to do something, why not make the best of it, right? 

7.  Put the icing on the cake. Save the best for last, as you have heard a million times before.

      Now, it can be whatever you think is best. If you think doing “lets get it on” session is the

      best, than so be it. You want the other one to wake up in the morning and still feel like it

      was last night because they felt so loved. Make love an everlasting story.

P.S. *You may already understand a lot of this, and that is awesome. Sometimes it is good to be refreshed, and if you don’t agree with it, that is fine as well. I am by no means saying everything in my thoughts is always correct. They are my thoughts, and sharing them is better than keeping them within.  Happy Valentine’s Day. Refer back to Harmonized Hearts and Ladies will love this, and guys should read this.

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The history behind the valentine day celebration is fascinating. But, what exactly are we celebrating or do you believe it is just a way retail stores have invented to obtain our cash? There are a number of legends. One of these legends believes that Valentine was a prisoner who fell in love with a young girl, who came to visit him often.

As legends go it was believed that she was his jailors daughter. Before his untimely death he wrote her a love letter, signed with ‘Your Valentine’. So the phrase ‘Be my Valentine’. I like this one. It’s quite sad to believe that we have to be reminded via our calendar to make a loved one really feel special. Some believe the prisoner who fell in love with a young woman was beheaded; others thought that he died of sickness.

Valentine’s Day is celebrated by numerous nations within the word. The oldest recognized Valentine’s card may be viewed within the British museum. Valentine’s Day became an official Catholic Holiday within the year 496 or 498 AD. Pope Gelasius declared the 14 February to be Saint Valentine’s Day.

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Women and more so relationship with them, at different stage in my life has made it memorable and meaningful. Though my chronicle in this regard may not be even remotely as scurrilous as the distant ‘diary of Samuel Pepy’ or for that matter our very own sensational (sensual!)  Sardarji in his ‘woman in my life’ – I can make a decent list of them with a proviso however that they will neither be ‘named nor identified’. Anonymity has an aura of its own in quite many things. I just cannot name it much less define it. (Is it as confusing as “heart has its reason which reason knows not”?!)

My mother used to tell me that even as a toddler I was more amenable to women servants than their male counter parts. Many of her women friends used to pick me up for what you might call a ‘childish play’. Pushing 70 I have had lots of occasions and opportunities which I grabbed, rather than the women I am talking about, (unlike what a super cop did to a lady bureaucrat in Punjab – remember) which most certainly endeared me in their eyes vesting the pursuit with an enviable endurance of sorts. 

In this game (gamut?) there has been a celebrity lady novelist, well known editor of an equally well known magazine for women, a lady police officer, lady minister, lady principal of a women’s college and what have you. With most of them, I am still in touch. Everything under the sun has been discussed/conversed – from ‘star wars’ to sex life of snails! All within the confines of drawing room.

It is rather disturbing under the circumstances, to read, view and hear in media about struggle between sex – call it abuse, rape – what you want. I am especially unhappy about what we have heard recently.

One concerns the world social forum recently held at Mumbai. The din, buzzle and dust created by the congregation of international delegates in by lanes of Bombay will have shown the licentious crowd at mardi gras in Brazil its place – decibel and otherwise. Two from the herd, one a man and a judge, and another, a female and an Aid activist both from the same country, escaped from their Noah’s Ark to go to the judge’s hotel room just about midnight. Soon the day dawned bringing in its wake a dawning of another sort for the lady – that she was raped. But the judge said it was consensual – modern day cousin to good old corresponding perhaps!

Another delegation at Malaysia, connected with film and TV, had also a similar extra seminar incident. A TV personality of Indian origin went with a fellow (female) delegate to his hotel room. Amidst or after discussion the female realized she was raped and let off a scream, which reverberated down the corridors of justice. Malaysian authorities, known for quick dispensation meted out justice to the victim naturally via punishment to the rapist which was as novel as it was sordid. Whip lash along with progressively mounting penalty in terms of imprisonment and fine for every act that led to the ultimate. The reading was of course salacious like Salome and seven veils.  

Why such relationship in unfriendly ambiance or for that matter post coital accusations is something I cannot reconcile to.

Perhaps one (male or female) under such invidious circumstances should foresee consequences and be guarded against eventualities. No, I am not talking about condoms or the pills the day after. Like what the Singapore super market shopper did (male) when he saw in a fellow shopper’s (female of course) low neck bodice more than mere cleavage – a potential ‘harasser’ and alerted the authorities for the female to be bundled and handed over to the police. In this game there is more in it than meet the eyes – offence is the best form of defense – epithets perhaps will epitomize what I want to say.

By way of conclusion, I once again acknowledge my friendship I have had with my women, but for whom the world will not have been the same. Yes, indeed I am a female friendly fella  which is quite a different kettle of fish from a womanizer.

I have plans to send valentine cards to all these women friends of mine, duly countersigned by my wife, lest there be problems with spouses concerned, not excluding mine.    

Valentine’s Day is celebrated all over the world. This event-full day is giving people the chance to show their ample gratitude to their most treasured loved ones. May it be their parents, lovers or partners in life. 

We all celebrate this through giving flowers, chocolates, going out to dinner dates and in any imaginable way just to express our love to the special people in our lives. Most of the people on this very day are in their Romantic mode. All the cheesy, crazy ideas are brought to life just to surprise their partners or to some to make a good impression to get a date.

But, out of this day I began  to think. Why is it that most people only do these things just for one day? Why do we do something special to our loved ones only in a day?

Valentine’s has its own unique meaning, and if we  truly believe in it. Celebrating Valentine’s everyday in our own simple but special way, we can let out loved ones feel that we don’t only let them experience Valentine’s once a year but, the whole year round.

Before age ten!

It was the night before valentines day, not a heart was beating not even a mouse.
The next morning it was valentines day and I was up at 5:00 in the morning making some valentines day cards and some one gave me a card that said have a good day, from your secrete Aymer so she asked every girl and they all said no no no so she asked every boy and they all said no no no she asked Matt he also said no so she figured out it must be from out of town. She thought a minute and realized she knew every one from out of town so she never did find out who it was from.

The transition between time  thoughts. My thoughts of what was written above.
Really it was the night before type story how does a heart not beat what kind of kid was I thinking that a heart did not beat, also I got this card where in the heck did I get the card from was it from my school or did it come in the mail? Plus how in the world do I know every one from out of town, there are tons of towns and states wow what was I thinking.

The now story

Welcome to the night before valentines day this is the day where we all flock the stores buying last minute gifts for our sweethearts, and valentines for the kids to take to school in the morning. But when morning comes you forget that its valentines and then the kids go to school and come home crying  cause they dint get a card from any one and the whole day drags on and you can’t go out for dinner because the sitter is sick and then things change and its a new day and your so glad that day only comes once a year.

Just got wind of the fact that Triond has fallen in love. It’s Valentine’s day, you know, and the spirit of St Valentine’s touched them too! It’s all mushy…cuddly bears,chocolate,candy and pretty pink hearts. Oh! And not forgetting the traditional theme of today. Yeah! It’s Red Roses and love poems all the way…For Triond is in Love today.

My newsfeed is full of Valentine  and Love…it’s contagious! I’ve just passed on my greetings to friends out here(got some of your names in there too http://socyberty.com/holidays/a-very-happy-valentines-day-to-my-friends-on-triond/). And I know I should get down to some serious writing but my heart is flying…

Oh love, it’s such a fantastic feeling!

And this is the gift Triond gives to me…

I mean, I know I would like it to be a lot of other things.

I haven’t forgotten that their door is still tightly shut  to us – it’s writers. We haven’t got anything yet.

No better earnings.

No improvements in publication screening.

No answer from get satisfaction.

Nothing…but still I feel so happy to be here today and share with so many people in just so many different corners of the world the beautiful feeling of love. Triond gives me that platform to express and share…here,there, everywhere. Almost anywhere in the world.

I am so grateful to you Triond and to all my friends here for this wonderful gift – love and joy!

A Very Happy valentine’s Day to you’ll.

I don’t know how long our bond will  last…

Thank you for the moments you’ve given me.

Enriching my life,

Adding  to my joys!

Lifting me from despair and encouraging me to forge on.

Without YOU I wouldn’t be able to say-

I LOVE YOU TRIOND.

A Very Happy Valentine’s Day To My Friends on Triond
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HAVE A GREAT DAY! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY WITH TONS AND TONS OF LOVE from avissado

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and many women are surely excited about this event. Sadly, most of the guys manage to celebrate this special day by exerting a little amount of effort for their significant other. This article will help guys how to prepare or set-up a memorable Valentine date that their women will never forget.

First step of preparation is fixing yourself. Try cleaning up a bit extra before the night. You can buy a new shirt if you like or something that you do not wear on an ordinary day. This will give the impression that you treating this day special for her.

Before picking her up, stopping by to buy flowers is also a great idea. A dozen of roses are the most usual but you can try other kinds, but the best would be to know what type of flower/s your girl like.

Exerting extra efforts like popping a breath mint will also not hurt, a women pay attention to these little details and she will surely love it once she smell the mint. If you have a car to pick her up, be a gentleman and open the door for her, give her a kiss and hand her the flowers, whichever comes first, it’s all up to you.

If you are eating in a restaurant, make sure you have made reservation at least a week before the date so that you will have a sure table when you come. Choose a restaurant that is not loud and crowded, so you can hear each other better. Choose also a place with low-light ambiance because that is where women feel most attractive in, like a candle-lit environment.

Be extra attentive with her during your meal, ask her how she thinks about the food, if her wine glass is filled, and give compliments to her once in a while. Just give focus on her, this will make her feel so special and would be excited to tell her friends about.

After your meal and asking for the bill, ask her first how she feels about the night, then head to anywhere you want to spend the rest of your date with.

You do really dig her, though, and you want to impress her, and give her something really cool, something that might even make her squeal with delight, because hey, it is Valentine’s Day and romance can be pretty damned cool, and she’s cute when she squeals with delight. So what can you do that’s the right amount of “You’re pretty wonderful” and “It’s not a ring, stop visualizing bridesmaid dresses” , you’re wondering?

Now, you could, if you have a chance, sneak around in her home dressed all in black like a ninja, doing things such as, say, checking out perfume bottles, sizes of lingerie and shoes, jotting down the names from the sides of saved shopping bags out of the closet and so forth… but, these things take time, not to mention they are very risky activities that one cannot partake in during the fragile beginnings of a relationship, lest one be branded a dangerous stalker. And once you are branded a Dangerous Stalker, well, it makes it harder to get reservations for that Valentine’s Night dinner. Something about “Two for Dangerous Stalker” is off-putting to most fine dining establishments, though no one quite knows why.

So to save you this trauma, I am here to help. Let’s begin, shall we?

♥Buy her costume jewelry. Something cute and sweet. But be sure to include some chocolates. For balance. Cause that way it will take her mind off the fact that she didn’t just get a diamond.

♥You don’t know her sizes, but you want to get her lingerie. Is she tall, petite? Slender, curvy? Stacked, not so stacked? Tell the salesperson. If her breasts can fit in the palm of your hand, she’s probably an A cup. If she overflows just a bit, probably a B. If she’s a good handful, she’s a C. And if you have to spread your fingers to hang on and you still don’t have full coverage, that’s a D. (If anyone can explain this in a more efficient way, feel free to write in and correct me. I figured that you’d enjoy visualizing this more than fruit, however.) I have to say, though, as with most other things on the list, the path of least resistance is the ever popular gift card. Get her one from Amazon and she can choose from tons of different lingerie retailers. But make sure you mark down that the gift card is for lingerie, lest it be spent on 

♥With stockings, generally petite through 5′9″ is one size. 5′10″ and up is Tall.  5′7″ or so and 190lbs or more is Queen (or roundabouts there I think, I’m taking a guess, I know it’s a lot larger and goes up higher, that number is a low point).

♥Perfume: A few perfumes that you cannot go wrong with – Most women will adore the smell of Issey Miyake’s L’eau D’Issey Eau D’Parfum. It has a nice blend of florals along with an undertone of light woods. It is beautiful and smells very elegant and luxurious. She will feel like a princess. Issey Miyake makes a Florale one also that is wonderful. Either of these will make your gal feel incredibly special. If she is in her early twenties or so, Juicy Couture’s original fragrance is a great choice as well. Another favorite of the young set is Davidoff’s Cool Water for women. And if you really want to be romantic, you can get her Creed’s Love in Black, which was originally developed exclusively for Jackie Onassis. (But you have to be sure to tell her the tale – and why not get her a Chanel suit and pillbox hat while you’re at it?

♥Shoes: Never try to guess a lady’s shoe size. Shoes run so differently, and an ill-fitting shoe can cause serious foot problems down the road. Better: Give your gal a beautiful box of handmade chocolates (check Etsy for some amazing sellers – some may be able to overnight their wares!) or in a pinch some Godiva or Ghiradelli from the mall, and tuck a gift card to DSW in the box. She can pick out her own shoes, and try them on first to make sure they are a perfect fit. And you know the old saying, “Give a woman shoes, and you have a friend for life.” Wait, that’s not an old saying? Well, it certainly should be.

♥Other gifts of luxury: Consider things like spa days, day cruises, mani-pedi gift certificates, his & hers massage dates, hair salon gift cards (careful with that one – don’t give her just a hair cut or “get your roots done” card, or your gift may backfire on your and you’ll have a mighty offended girl on your hands – and the amount of offense increases exponentially with the amount of candy that the holiday is associated with, so yep, that’s a lot of offense. Walk softly and carry a well-stocked gift card. Again, tucked inside a gift box of (her favorite kind) of chocolates would be really good. (Does she like milk chocolate? Have you heard her wax rhapsodic about white chocolate? When she gets it for herself, what does she get? Assuming you’ve seen her do this. Just a simple thing like knowing what kind of chocolate is her favorite can score major “This guy is incredible and deserves (fill in the naughty blank)” points. Though of course that’s not why you’re giving gifts. But you wouldn’t cry, would you?

Hopefully this has given you some ideas you wouldn’t have had otherwise, and you’ve got enough love ammo to cook up an idyllic day of gift-giving that will enhance your budding relationship with that special female with whom Cupid has graced you.

Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥

What does Islam say?

Deceptive commercials and cultural propaganda present an ugly practice of paganism (mushrik) as if it were some beautiful festival of love – and all the time the devil is laughing at believers who listen to his whispers.

A group of practices considered as the twin sister of bid’ah(misguided innovations). Like bid’ah these flourish on . . .

 . .  ignorance and outside influence. Like bid’ah they entail rituals. But unlike bid’ah the rituals have not been given an Islamic face. They are followed because they are considered an acceptable cultural practice or the hottest imported “in” thing.

Most of those who indulge in them do not know what they are doing. They are just blind followers of their equally blind cultural leaders. Little do they realize that what they consider as innocent fun may in fact be rooted in paganism. That the symbols they embrace may be symbols of unbelief. That the ideas they borrow may be products of superstition. That all of these may be a negation of what Islam stands for.

Consider Valentine’s Day, a day that after dying out a well deserved death in most of Europe (but surviving in Britain and United States of America) has suddenly started to emerge across a good swath of Muslim countries. Who was Valentine? Why is this day observed? Legends abound, as they do in all such cases, but this much is clear: Valentine’s Day began as a pagan ritual started by Romans in the 4th century BCE to honour the god Lupercus. T

he main attraction of this ritual was a lottery held to distribute young women to young men for “entertainment and pleasure” – until the next year’s lottery. Among other equally despicable practices associated with this day was the lashing of young women by two young men, clad only in a bit of goatskin and wielding goatskin thongs, who had been smeared with blood of sacrificial goats and dogs. A lash of the “sacred” thongs by these “holy men” was believed to make them better able to bear children.

As usual, Christianity tried, without success, to stop the evil celebration of Lupercalia. It first replaced the lottery of the names of women with a lottery of the names of the saints. The idea was that during the following year the young men would emulate the life of the saint whose name they had drawn. (The idea that you can preserve the appearance of a popular evil and yet somehow turn it to serve the purpose of virtue, has survived.

Look at all those people who are still trying, helplessly, to use the formats of popular television entertainments to promote good. They might learn something from this bit of history. It failed miserably) Christianity ended up doing in Rome, and elsewhere, as the Romans did. 

The only success it had was in changing the name from Lupercalia to St. Valentine’s Day. It was done in CE 496 by Pope Gelasius, in honour of some Saint Valentine.

There are as many as 50 different Valentines in Christian legends. Two of them are more famous, although their lives and characters are also shrouded in mystery. According to one legend, and the one more in line with the true nature of this celebration, St. Valentine was a “lovers’” saint, who had himself fallen in love with his jailer’s daughter.

Due to serious troubles that accompanied such lottery, French government banned the practice in 1776. In Italy, Austria, Hungry, and Germany also the ritual vanished over the years. Earlier, it had been banned in England during the 17th century when the Puritans were strong. However in 1660 Charles II revived it. From there it also reached the New World, where enterprising Yankees spotted a good means of making money. Esther A. Howland, who produced one of the first commercial American Valentine’s Day cards called – what else – valentines, in the 1840s, sold $5,000 worth – when $5,000 was a lot of money – the first year. The valentine industry has been booming ever since.

It is the same story with Halloween, which has otherwise normal human beings dressing like ghosts and goblins in a reenactment of an ancient pagan ritual of demon worship. Five star hotels in Muslim countries arrange Halloween parties so the rich can celebrate the superstitions of a distant period of ignorance that at one time even included the shameful practice of human sacrifice. The pagan name for that event was Samhain (pronounced sow-en). Just as in the case of Valentine’s Day, Christianity changed its name, but not the pagan moorings.

Christmas is another story. Today Muslim shopkeepers sell and shoppers buy Christmas symbols in Islamabad or Dubai or Cairo. To engage in a known religious celebration of another religion is bad enough. What is worse is the fact that here is another pagan celebration (Saturnalia) that has been changed in name – and in little else – by Christianity.

Even the celebration considered most innocent might have pagan foundations. According to one account, in pagan cultures, people feared evil spirits – especially on their birthdays. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. So family and friends surrounded the person with laughter and joy on their birthdays in order to protect them from evil.

How can anyone in his right mind think that Islam would be indifferent to practices seeped in anti-Islamic ideas and beliefs? Islam came to destroy paganism in all its forms and it cannot tolerate any trace of it in the lives of its followers.

Further, Islam is very sensitive about maintaining its purity and the unique identity of its followers. Islamic laws and teachings go to extra lengths to ensure it. Salat (Prayers) is forbidden at the precise times of sunrise, transition, and sunset to eliminate the possibility of confusion with the practice of sun worship. To the voluntary recommended fast on the tenth of Muharram, Muslims are required to add another day (9th or 11th) to differentiate it from the then prevalent Jewish practice. Muslims are forbidden to emulate the appearance of non-Muslims.

A Muslim is a Muslim for life. During joys and sorrows, during celebrations and sufferings, we must follow the one straight path – not many divergent paths. It is a great tragedy that under the constant barrage of commercial and cultural propaganda from the forces of globalization and the relentless media machine, Muslims have begun to embrace the Valentines, the Halloween ghost, and even the Santa Claus. Given our terrible and increasing surrender to paganism the only day we should be observing is a day of mourning. Better yet it should be a day of repentance that could liberate us from all these days.

Please Forward it to other Muslim brothers and sisters to stop them from practicing such bid’ah… It is our duty as a Muslim and a Human being to spread the knowledge of our deen.May ALLAH forgive us for the sins we do consciously or unconsciously.. A’ameen 

Original Source: http://islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/643-valentinesdaynoway2